Frequently Asked Questions
"SMART" On-line Management Software
How does the encoder know what to “do”?
What is “Auto Publish?”
What if I don’t want to use the “Auto Publish” feature?
After a video is “Auto Published” can I change the video information?
What if I don’t have a web site?
Can I change the “look” of the HTML/web pages that is generated?
How does the encoder know what to “do”?
When the encoder is turned on, it automatically connects to Tech Werks on-line database and downloads over 20 unique items from your on-line account. A few of these items are the Name, Description, Copyright, Rating and Author for the “Next” video you are about to record or broadcast live. It also downloads items like the type of codec to use, the compression profile for the encoding and even which broadcast center to use.
What is “Auto Publish?”
When you select to record or record and broadcast Live your video, the video is recorded to the video hard drive in the encoder. When you press Stop on the encoder, you get the “Auto Publish” screen. You then can select, Yes or No to “Auto Publish”. If you press Yes, the video is uploaded / transferred from the encoder to one of Tech Werks Broadcast Centers. When the video has been successfully transferred, the encoder sends Tech Werks “SMART” on-line management software, all the video information pretending to the video that was just transferred. The “SMART” software then updates, your HTML/web page, your RSS feed, sends an e-mail (up to 4 e-mail address) and it can “Post” a Script to your web server.
What if I don’t want to use the “Auto Publish” feature?
You can manually, upload any video on the encoder and you can manually create a new video in Tech Werks “SMART” on-line management software.
After a video is “Auto Published” can I change the video information?
Using Tech Werks “SMART” on-line management software, you can edit the video information, Name, Description, Copyright, Author and Rating. Auto Publish adds the date it was published and the video duration. These two items cannot be changed.
What if I don’t have a web site?
Tech Werks “SMART” on-line management software, dynamically generates two different HTML/web pages for each client. One web page is a list of all your on-demand videos and adds a “LIVE” link when you have started the encoder to broadcast “LIVE”. The second dynamic HTML/web page that is generated is a list of all your on-demand videos, a “LIVE” link and at the top of the web page is the client’s company name and address. This page could be used as your “Home” page.
Sample HTML page
Sample HTML page with name
Can I change the “look” of the HTML/web pages that is generated?
Yes, you can customize the basic look of both HTML/web pages that is dynamically generated by Teach Werks “SMART” on-line management software. You can change the font, background color, text color, link color, visited link color and link hover color. You can either enter a web color or use a color picker, just point and click on the color you want.
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